Okay, so it's mid-May already and I have yet to write a review for this month! Ack! My excuse is that I've been working on two reviews at once, which slows me down in the short term but makes up for itself eventually. I also took a weekend to go see my mom for Mother's Day, which was a lot of fun. And I've been working hard on Lena's house, which I told her would be done by spring (oops). It's almost ready.
Today I'm going to be looking at some 1:12 scale figures from Phicen, a company that's now going by the name TBLeague. I like the sound of Phicen better, but I gather there were some trademark hassles that cropped up in about 2017. For right or for wrong, I'll use "TBLeague" and "Phicen" interchangeably here. Incidentally, the last time I reviewed a Phicen doll was back in 2017, when I did a three-part Figuring Out Phicen series. That trio of reviews looked only at the 1:6 scale figures, which are remarkable.
I've been interested in checking out Phicen's smaller dolls for quite a long time. Almost a decade, to be more precise. They look highly realistic and are more affordable than the 1:6 equivalents. This felt like an opportune moment to finally take the plunge, in part because Zuru is preparing to release their own highly-articulated twelfth-scale Minnee line. I'm eagerly anticipating those dolls, and thought the Phicen figures would offer an interesting comparison. Even without any comparison on the horizon, these are intriguing little dolls in their own right:
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| TBLeague 1:12 scale Super Flexible Seamless figure, $47.99. |
